diff -r 5652acd48509 -r 42bc1e89134d emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/reflect/TypeVariable.java --- a/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/reflect/TypeVariable.java Mon Feb 25 19:00:08 2013 +0100 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,89 +0,0 @@ -/* - * Copyright (c) 2003, 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. - * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. - * - * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as - * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this - * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided - * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. - * - * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT - * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or - * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License - * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that - * accompanied this code). - * - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version - * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, - * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. - * - * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA - * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any - * questions. - */ - -package java.lang.reflect; - -/** - * TypeVariable is the common superinterface for type variables of kinds. - * A type variable is created the first time it is needed by a reflective - * method, as specified in this package. If a type variable t is referenced - * by a type (i.e, class, interface or annotation type) T, and T is declared - * by the nth enclosing class of T (see JLS 8.1.2), then the creation of t - * requires the resolution (see JVMS 5) of the ith enclosing class of T, - * for i = 0 to n, inclusive. Creating a type variable must not cause the - * creation of its bounds. Repeated creation of a type variable has no effect. - * - *

Multiple objects may be instantiated at run-time to - * represent a given type variable. Even though a type variable is - * created only once, this does not imply any requirement to cache - * instances representing the type variable. However, all instances - * representing a type variable must be equal() to each other. - * As a consequence, users of type variables must not rely on the identity - * of instances of classes implementing this interface. - * - * @param the type of generic declaration that declared the - * underlying type variable. - * - * @since 1.5 - */ -public interface TypeVariable extends Type { - /** - * Returns an array of {@code Type} objects representing the - * upper bound(s) of this type variable. Note that if no upper bound is - * explicitly declared, the upper bound is {@code Object}. - * - *

For each upper bound B:

- * - * @throws TypeNotPresentException if any of the - * bounds refers to a non-existent type declaration - * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if any of the - * bounds refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated - * for any reason - * @return an array of {@code Type}s representing the upper - * bound(s) of this type variable - */ - Type[] getBounds(); - - /** - * Returns the {@code GenericDeclaration} object representing the - * generic declaration declared this type variable. - * - * @return the generic declaration declared for this type variable. - * - * @since 1.5 - */ - D getGenericDeclaration(); - - /** - * Returns the name of this type variable, as it occurs in the source code. - * - * @return the name of this type variable, as it appears in the source code - */ - String getName(); -}